Garden tool



z. T. CLARK.

GARDEN TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1921- 1,438,095. Patented e 5,1922..

WITNESSES INVENTOR ,4 TTOR/VEYS Patented Dec. 5, I922.

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I trimming lawns, gardens and the edges of flower beds and sidewalks. Itcan also be used for removing sprouts or limbs'from shrubbery, forremoving useless briars from berry bushespor, vines and for extractingdeep-rooted weeds from lawns with little or no damage to the lawn. i

IVith the above and other objects in view. the nature of which willmorefully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists inthe novel construction, combina- -tion and arrangement of parts asherein fully described, illustrated and claimed. In the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of the application, similar characters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. 1

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my tool; Y Figure 2 is a top plan viewthereof; and Figure 3 is a front elevation .of the tool. The toolcomprises a chisel 4, the cutting edge 5 of which is slightly enlarged.The rear portion ofthe chisel-is raised so that the chisel is slightlycurved. The end of the raised portion receives a handle 6 by means ofwhich the tool is "manipulated. Extending laterally from the chisel anddownward therefrom adjacent the bend is a V-shaped knife 7 the edges 8and 9. of which are cutting'edges. The free wingof the V has a lengthsubstantially twice that of the other wing and bends slightly away fromthe cutting edge 5 of the chisel i, as best indicated in Figures 1 and2. The other wing :of the blade is at right angles to the chisel 4 andserves, in addition'to being a cutting edge, as a vguide when used fortrimming edges.

The portion of the l-shaped blade projecting below the, chisel e servesfor trim- "ming or plowing ed the sod from the curve or edge of a bed ina lawn or garden. To

insure or facilitate the. passing of theisod through the V-shaped blade,the back or rear of the V, thatis, the distance between the edges 9,isgreater than the distance between i I the edges 8. This affords aneasy and clean] cutting of the sod. Thebackfsharp edge 9 is used forpruning bushes or vines. When used as a pruning hook, the long end ofthe V-shaped blade is placed close to the ground on the opposite side ofthe briar or sprout and touching it near the point of the blade.

The blade is given a quick jerkbythe operator and, owing to thesharpness and slope of the blade, it slips the stock." I I i I Byplacing the V-shaped blade back of the through, readily cutting; I

cutting edge 5 the same can be utilized as a rooter for deep rootedweeds by sinking it into the ground as a spade, andby prying the handlebackwards the sharp edge 5 will break the root in the ground and theweed can then. be easily removed by hand after the f tool hasbeenremoved from the ground. By

placing'the foot upon the ground where the tool and the weed havebeenwithdrawn, all the grass about-the removed weed will be saved.

While I havedescribed the principle of operation, togetherwith thedevice which I now consider to be the best embodimentthereof, I desireto have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative andthat such changes-may be made as are within the scope of the appendedclaims. i H

I claim: i

1. In a garden tool, anpelongated chisel. the rear portion of which isbent, a handle associated with the end of the bent portion formanipulating the chisel, a V-shaped blade extending laterally anddownwardly from said chisel substantiallymidway between the ends of thechisel, the free wing of said V-shaped blade being longer than the otherwing, said other wing being atright angles to the chisel, said V-shapedblade having cutting edges in the front and rear there'- of, thedistance between the wings in the front. i

2. In a garden tool, an elongated chisel I i 105 having the rear portionthereof bent upwardly, a handle associated with the end of the bentportion for manipulating the. chisel,

and a V-shaped blade projecting laterally rear being slightly greaterthan that in the I and downwardly from said chisel adjacent the bend inthe chisel whereby said blade is set rearwardly of the cutting edge ofthe chisel, the free wine of said t -shaped blade being longer than theother Wing and curving away from the cutting edge of the chisel, theother Wing of theblede belng at right an des to the plane of the chisel,said blade having cutting edges in the tfx'ont and rear thereof, thedistance between the reel cutting'edges being greater than the distancebetween the front cutting edges, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

ZACHARIAH TAYLOR CLARK.

